Vocabulary
Crime Scene Personnel/
Protocol
Investigating Evidence
Witness, Crime Scence, and Suspect Factors
Forensic Science
100
this person is thought to have committed the crime
suspect
100
Who is the first to arrive at a crime scene?
Police officers
100
This department tests body fluids and tissues to determine the presence of drugs and poisons.
toxicology
100
The use of ____________ can affect a person's ability to remember a crime
drugs
100
Not guilty. "You are guilty until proven ______________ "
innocent
200
This is the person that helped you commit the crime. They work with the suspect
accoplice
200
Who is the person responsible for interviewing the witnesses?
Detectives
200
This department studies bullets, guns, gunpowder on people and objects.
Ballistics
200
A person's ______________ can be influenced by the media, other witnesses, and investigators.
memory
200
This might match someone's shoe
footprint
300
Additional evidence to a crime scene is found here
secondary crime scene
300
What are the 4 main procedures that take place at a crime scene?
Interview, Examine, Document, Process
300
If a criminal breaks in a house with a hammer or uses a screwdriver to pick a lock, this is usually left behind and can be used as evidence.
toolmarks
300
The _________ of day the crime occurred and the person's ________ of the scene may affect what they can remember.
time: view
300
Taking a person against their will
kidnap
400
Suspects will be brought in to provide __________________ evidence, giving their oral and written statements.
physical
400
This person issues search warrants
district attorney
400
If you work in this department, your job would be to study evidence from fires, explosions, paints, and glass.
Trace Chemistry
400
Whether you can __________ on the criminal's face for minute or longer can affect your ability to remember the events of the crime.
focus
400
type of light that can help find evidence
ultraviolet
500
Detective Lukong only found a small about of evidence when she was investigating who took the Gorilla's bananas. This evidence is called ____________ evidence
trace
500
It is very important to _____________ the point of entry and exit, and get a layout of the crime scene.
examine
500
Sometimes impressions are left behind from your lips, feet, ears, and shoes. This impressions are called _____________ ___________
latent prints
500
_______________ can interfere with a witnesses identification, such as piercings, tattoos, wigs
disguises
500
this instrument is used to find out if someone is lying or telling the truth
polygraph
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